Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-08-23
STATE AGH1ouLrUnAL soo1ET

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The Annual State Fair to be Held at
Merfden Next MOnGh-An Attractive
Programme-Other Fairs.
Next month will be the one in which coun-
ty fairs will take up the attention of many
people interested in agricultural pursuits,
and the State Agricultural society will set the
ball rolling in the State by holding the an
nual State fair at Meriden, September IS, "A,
Is and 49,. This will be followed by the
other fairs as given below:
Western Connecticut-Wa Agricultural
society, Watertown: Conn. September goth. 21st
September @ sonthSgton
society. Southngton, Conn, September 9th, 2sth
and 2sth 81. panRuFy Agricultural societyaoctober
Eastern onnecticut-Norwich, septembe- Goth,
2lst and ed Wilimantic. September 27th, asth
Stafford. October 12th and 18th.
OF all these fairs the State fair will be the
most extensive, and the programme is as fol-
lows:
TUESDAY, SEPT. 10, 1887.
Town teams and decorated carts 10 a. ~
working oxen IL a, M. - 80
Steers, p. m. ''+.T
Commercial fertilizers 10 a. m.
TRoTTINa.
Gentiemen'sR driving horses, $50 p. m..
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. IA. 1851.
Neat cattle. breeding stock, 0 a. M
Sheep and swine, Q a. m.
Trained oxen and steers, 10a. m,
Draught oxen, II a. m.
Poultry, ga. m.
Mixer, IL a. m.
Agricultural implements, 10 a. m.
Orange or Farmers club exhibits, a. m. 5~
Agricultural products, . a. m. s-r :
Dairy, a. m
s.a5 class. sp; m:
THURSDAY, SEPT. Is, 1887.
Stallion and stallion colts. am.
Colts, geldings and Allies 10 ain.
Srood mares, II am.
Clydesdales, II am.
= s;so class, spm.
$3.50 class, $3.50 p m.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 18, 1887.
Matched horses 1915 hands and over. ana.
Fancy matched horses, 10 am. 5-'
Single horses IS hands and over, II am. =
Single horses under Is hands, 1880 m.
Saddle horses IS hands and over, 1889 PM =
Earn Earn horses to ! Pm;
Bicycling racing, etc., 2pm. -.
TRaTTINe -. :. -.
2i5o class, 2 pm, - q. -.
Double teams, $50 PM. -
The officers of the association are; Prssi-
dent, James A. Bill, Lyme vice presidents,
J. P. Barstow, Norwich; s. g. Colt, Farm
ngton; corresponding secretary, W. F. An
1ross, East Hartford; recording secretary, T.
5. Gold, W. Cornwall.
Vice Observation-Disclosures County So.
,ieties.-J. G. Capen, Bloomfield, Hartford
county.
D. n. Clark, Woodbridge, New Haven
James A. Bill, Lyme, New London
county. D..
T. l.. Watson, Bridgeport, Fairfield
county.
Thomas J. Graves, Danielsonville, Wind
lam county.
Harry sedgwick, Cornwall Hollow, Itch
ield county.
]. NJ. Hubbard, Middletown, Middlesex
county.
Norman B. Perkins, Tolland county.
The life members from this city. w. J.
Atwater, E. Blackburn, Robert B. Bradley,
W. 81. Bradley, Chas. Dickerman, James E. |
English, Chas. L. English. P. Chatfeld David |
look, s. NJ. Cummings, w. T. Cannon, o. |
4. Cooley, W. B. Pardee, II. E. Rawson, R.
Smith, Samuel Root, E. E. Hall, N. F. Hall,
Y. E. Hall, Jarvis Joslyn, G. F. Kimball, w.
Lefingwell, Thomas Lawton, William |
Lewis, Donald G. Mitchell, George F. New.
lall. A. R. Street, George Fl. Scranton, A. R.
Creadway, E. A. Epson, David Wilcox |
Veteran Odd Fellows, Reunion 1
Tomorrow the reunion of the Veteran Odd |
Fellows of Connecticut takes place at Stony |
1reek, dinner at Frink's. A large attendance
5 expected. The New Haven delegation |
oes on the train leaving here at II .05